Two surveys were carried out: a critical incident exposure questionnaire, and the Managed Isolation and Quarantine Facilities exit well-being questionnaire.
Staff were asked if people in isolation and quarantine facilities had been argumentative or abusive towards them, if there d been significant interactions with media, if they d been asked to removed a body or remains from the site, what their mood was during the operation, if there d been any impact to their families, and if the operation had affected their plans to remain in the Defence Force.
From one set of 1718 personnel who had or currently worked within the facilities, 246 of them said they d seen something that required a check-in with the Defence Force psychology team, and another 22 asked for a psychologist s help.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Hundreds of military staff need psychological check-ups
19 Dec, 2020 03:48 AM
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Military personnel enter the Sudima Hotel in Christchurch. Photo / NZH
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Hundreds of Defence Force workers were exposed to critical incidents that required psychological check-ups after working in Managed Isolation and Quarantine.
Almost 2000 staff from the NZ Defence Force who worked on Operation Protect were questioned to see what impact it had on their well-being, and the documents were obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act.
Two surveys were carried out: a Critical Incident Exposure Questionnaire, and the Managed Isolation and Quarantine Facilities Exit Well-being Questionnaire.
No sign of expected Defence business case on Devonport naval base shift
18 Dec, 2020 04:30 AM
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Northport s growth aspirations include hosting the NZ Navy, a major shipyard and dry dock. Photo / Supplied
Northport s growth aspirations include hosting the NZ Navy, a major shipyard and dry dock. Photo / Supplied
It doesn t look like the NZ Defence Force will complete a business case on the future location of the Devonport naval base by the end of the year after all. NZDF told the Herald in September it expected to complete an indicative business case by the end of this year but a spokesman now says the work is continuing, and not complete.
Housing crisis, Covid misinformation, racism: Problems flagged to new ministers
The Government has published all the ministers briefings on their portfolios. Photo / Supplied
Housing crisis, Covid misinformation, racism: Problems flagged to new ministers Wed, 16 Dec 2020, 4:19PM
Racism in health, extremism in prisons, light rail in Auckland, coronavirus misinformation and an ongoing housing crisis are among the priorities outlined to incoming ministers in hundreds of pages of documents released this morning.
The Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIM) were released on the Beehive website at 10am.
The briefings are from officials on important and developing issues in their respective portfolios as well as previous work in key policy areas.